Bit rich of a lad who has housewives doing star jumps and trains niche amateur womes sports teams calling an athlete who has held Irish records and competed in an Olympics and also trained a senior mens hurling side to an All Ireland intercounty hurling final a spoofer.
David Matthews would know a hell of a lot more about S&C than you could dare dream of.
What are the fact about that? Why did he not pull off the āmagicā then?
Teams can have success for various reasons. Its plainly obvious though that still, unbelievably, Cork do not know how to physically prepare.
Its not about agreeing with me. Would you think its appropriate for a Senior County hurling team to be pulling on tyres? Would you think the goalkeeper and goalkeeping coaching standing arou d chatting for most of a session is good practice? Would you think coaches and management turning up on the night and openly arguing about what would go on at the session is county standard management?
Do you think 7 guys standing in a tunnel, one a water carrier, one a CB man, discussing in a heated manner in the middle of championship games is the sign of a man in control? Is 5/6 guys on the line condusive to good decision making on the day? Is subs refusing to warm up a sign of a harmonious team?
These are facts, hou are only talking about a few results. Very carefully selected ones. You donāt have the ohysical preperation knowledge to identify aome of what was missed by watching them. But Clare in particular in thise finals showed Cork up for rucking, speed out of the ruck and skill within it.
You are a hypocrite. You constantly defend Cian OāNeill and the wreckage of injuries left behind with Kerry and try and blame Matthews for injuries with Cork.
Matthews was an elite athlete, he broke Irish records and competed at the Olympics. You canāt hold a torch to him when it comes to track record (a nice little double entendre there).
Donāt forget youāre a lad who had to fuck off to Australia to do nixers and came back with hid tail between his legs with onlya distant learning diploma to his name and is touching 40.
The guy who you are attempting to purge is an olympian and clearly much more highly regarded by his peers.
You strike me as a guy who has gone to one too many motivational seminars and swallowed everything they told you.
What carefully selected results? They reached a league final in 2012, won Munster in 2014 and were favourites going into the AI Semi Final, reached a league final in 2015 also.
The current Cork team is actually less physically conditioned than the ones under JBM.
They were absolutely powder puff against Tipp and Wexford last year. Cork are not the only county to get S&C wrong over that period. KK way ahead of everyone in that regard.
You are not wrong about S&C. I have said all along having a physio as S&C is a disaster. That still remains the case.
League??? Who cares.
Munster - not worth a fuck.
How many times have Cork been absolutely destroyed in last 10 years??? 5 or 6 at least. Not all JBM either of course.
Look he had/has qualities. But he did not perform some magic trick to get them to the final. The core of a decent side was there. Thats not the case now as much. Howecer the legacy of what he overlooked is still there. Matthews may have been central to it, but JBM oveesaw it.
Cork have had 9 coaches in last 4 years. 9!!! Some obviously at the same time, but 9?
How can you develop continuity with that.
Ultimately i blame the top. The CB. Shit rolls down hill.
I am so much more qualified than that bluffer its hardly worth talking about. I have a Science degree in S&C, on the way to a Nutritional degree and will then do a psychology one.
He has a 6 week PT course done last i checked.
I have created inmovative post clinical rehab procedures that are becoming known country wide. Physios send people to me. He injuries them for the very reason you think he would be more qualified, because he was an elite athlete and like so many of them who go into coaching does not understand that everyone is not an elite athlete. Its on oublic record him constantly referencing how so-and-so would have made a great runner. He was trying to make hurlers better runners and not better athletes for the sport they play, specifically.
But why am i doing this again. Iām talking to a bitter, jealous crank.